While we would all enjoy a world where one CMS (content management system) could do everything you need straight out of the box, that hardly ever happens. You will likely need additional tools or apps to provide all of the information and content that your constituents, customers or clients need.

Third-party apps can complement the tools you have in your CMS. While it’s important to retain a well-branded and consistent experience for the user as much as possible, linking out to another app or website can be done well and most users expect this on occasion.

Here are some common apps that you might need to consider if your CMS doesn’t include this functionality, or has limited capabilities.

If you're like most organizations that we work with, website security is a high priority. Having your website hacked can ruin your day and result in hours or days of recovery not to mention significant costs in the event of a data breach. Since we work with lots of organizations that manage sensitive data like financial institutions, government, manufacturing and healthcare this is a common concern that we address.

Our focus on security is one of the reasons we build our clients' websites on Accrisoft Freedom. While Freedom is PCI compliant and very secure by default, there is another layer of security that many of our clients love to utilize: 2-step verification.

You may be familiar with 2-step verification if you've set up your email or any of your social media accounts to send you a special code via text message that you need to use to complete the login process. Or if you're a gamer, you may be familiar with Blizzard's 2-step authentication system which is app-based.

2-step verification adds an excellent layer of security to your website because it ensures that even if someone gains access to your username and password, they still cannot log in unless they get access to your mobile phone (which ideally is already protected with a PIN). This makes it extremely unlikely that a potential intruder would be successful at gaining access to your website CMS.

Just about every modern website is built on a content management system. This allows website managers to edit content, embed images and video, publish articles, and manage data without the need to learn web programming.

There are literally hundreds of content management systems (or CMS for short) available today. Some are designed for small businesses, some for mid-sized organizations, and some for large enterprises.

It's important to understand how to choose the right CMS for your organization based on your specific needs. Smaller businesses or websites with simple needs are often a good match for WordPress, which is one of the most popular CMS platforms in the world. There are even large websites built on WordPress because they have the development support to maintain it.

At SpinWeb, we have expertise working with specific industries like financial services, health care, non-profit, professional services, government, and manufacturing. Because of this (and other reasons), we don't use WordPress. In our opinion, it's not the right fit.

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